Patton Oswalt Quotes
Everything we have today that's cool comes from someone wanting more of something they loved in the past. Action figures, videogames, superhero movies, iPods: All are continuations of a love that wanted more.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.
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A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.
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'The Pushcart War' is presented as a history of a conflict that has not yet taken place; in each edition of the book, the date on which the hostilities commenced is nudged forward.
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I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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I can mourn internally, just be quiet about it. I have my moments but I'm not a real, expressive person, especially when it comes to like sadness.
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In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India.
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I have no idea why a guy would bring a jar of peanut butter to a concert.
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You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.
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A remorseful change of mind renders even a noble action base, whereas the determination which is grounded on knowledge and reason cannot change even if its actions fail.
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You're after something - not a story, but a certain, exquisitely intense encounter with beauty - and the only way to find it is to tiptoe past the dragon's cave.
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The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.
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Negativity is like a blood clot, and actively disengaged employees sometimes clot together in groups that support and reinforce their beliefs.
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Everything we have today that's cool comes from someone wanting more of something they loved in the past. Action figures, videogames, superhero movies, iPods: All are continuations of a love that wanted more.
